Beach Clean-up

Coconut Beach in Melbourne Beach - Sunday morning 8-noon. Materials provided - bring your own water! Wear a suit so you can dip every now and then! Turtles thank you!!

Gators are swimmers

Go Gators!! Congratulations to Ryan Lochte of Daytona Beach and 2007 Gator grad - GOLD is sweet! Wiping the smug look off someone else's face is even sweeter!

Sour grapes?

While most of the opening ceremony for the London Olympics was great fun to watch...quite impressive...

Well, for most of us anyway....
(Wow - I wouldn't want to be the Palace PR person in charge of damage and repair...)

I couldn't help but be angered by the fact that paid professional athletes could compete at what they earned millions for doing anyway...and air shooting was considered a sport...but women's softball isn't good enough for the Olympics. I hope wherever the team is, they were watching and throwing eggs at the TV screen - they deserve to be hostile! Kelly K - you deserve better.

Tour de Turtles

Join the Sea Turtle Preservation Society and UCF researchers for their annual Tour de Turtles Live Sea Turtle Release on Saturday, July 29 at the Barrier Island Center, 8385 S. Hwy A1A in Melbourne Beach, FL. 

Watch as they attach a satellite-transmitter on a loggerhead sea turtle then release it as part of the 2012 Tour de Turtles marathon. Start gate is at 8:30 am.  Plan to arrive 30 minutes early. This FREE event will also include family-friendly activities and T-shirts will be available for sale for $20 at the event. Parking is limited. If possible, carpooling is recommended.

Location:  8385 S Hwy A1A, Melbourne, FL 32935

Zumba filming Saturday

EVERYONE IS INVITED to be in the video we are making to submit to the 'So You Think You Can Dance' television show. We will be performing the Zumba® Fitness Dance Routine 'Crazy Love'  in front of the Space Shuttle model at Cape Canaveral City Hall - (facing A1A), 105 Polk Avenue on National Dance Day, Saturday, July 28 at 3pm. We are trying to get HUNDREDS of people to participate to show the NATION that FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST LOVES TO ZUMBA®!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE wear ZUMBA clothes. There will be $10 Zumba tshirts and $20 Zumba lycra tanks there to purchase (if you arrive early, around 2pm). Cash or checks only.

When you arrive, look for the COME ON GET HAPPY banner to SIGN-IN. Everyone that wants to participate MUST SIGN Cape Canaveral's Release of Liability Waiver BEFORE you dance.

Last $5 Saturday at ZOO

This Saturday, July 28 is the last $5 Saturday night. Spend 5-9pm for just $5. Extra to ride train, kayak, paddle boats- but who cares! Check out Treetop Trek - great after the heat of the day is over! Read more.
Music, peace and quiet and animals that have been snoozing all afternoon and are now awake - good stuff!!

WOB Olympics

 

World of Beer is still accepting individuals and or teams for the WOB Decathlon. Opening ceremony is this Saturday, July 28th, with the torch run by the Ragnar Relay group from the greek restaurant Grecian Garden Cafe on the Pineda Causeway at 1pm. The race will continue north on  Wickham Rd, Jordan Blass Rd, Pinehurst (North), Holiday Springs (North), Viera Blvd (West), Stadium Parkway (South), Judge Fran Jamison (East), Lake Andrews (South) to WOB. If you would like to come out and support our runners, click here for the torch exchange points.

The torch will arrive 2-3 pm and the start of the WOB Decathlon events will begin. The team or individual will have 2 weeks to complete all ten events and the medal rounds will be completed on Saturday, August 11 along with the closing ceremony where the medals will be rewarded. For a complete list of events click here. To sign up a team or individually, go to World of Beer at The Avenues in Viera.

Beach clean-up

This week-end's beach clean-up is at Seagull Park in Satellite Beach. Sunday 8-noon.
BYOW - Bring your own water!! Materials for cleanup activities are provided, including trash bags, gloves, sunscreen and tools!! The turtles and other sea life thank you!!!

Seafood & Marine Flea Market

Treasure Coast Marine Flea Market and Seafood Festival
July 21, 2012 9:00 am - July 22, 2012 6:00 pm
Admission: $7 Kids under 12 FREE
Location: Indian River Fairgrounds
7955 58th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL, 32960
FREE fishing rods to first 50 kids each day - must be w/adult
http://www.flnauticalfleamarket.com/
Seafood, live music, free parking - whether you are there to gobble up seafood, stock up the freezer, get some nautical deco for the patio - or buy a speedboat...this is the place to be this week-end.

Sports frenzy at Space Coast Stadium

SpaceCoastDaily.com - the best newspaper this area has - will produce the largest-ever gathering of area high school and youth sports athletes at the 1st annual Space Coast High Schools, Colleges and Youth Sports Media Day at Space Coast Stadium. It will take place on Sunday, July 22 and will give the media a one-stop opportunity to interact, interview and photograph all the players and coaches for their upcoming Fall season – which features these sports:
Fall High School Sports:
Football, Volleyball, Cross Country, Swimming & Diving, Golf and Bowling
Fall Youth Sports:
Football, Cheerleading, Little League and Soccer


 What a great way to make kids feel good about themselves!

All Brevard County high school and youth sports Fall season athletes, coaches, parents and boosters attending the event will receive a ticket to the Brevard County Manatees game courtesy of SpaceCoastDaily.com.  The Media Day festivities will begin at 2 p.m., and the Manatees game starts at 5:05 p.m.


My only thought is - imagine what could happen if the Space Coast felt the same about academics as it does about sports...for those of us who have seen the football championships painted on the side of a school building, right next to the debate championships, science, math, Odyssey of the Mind, etc - on the same building - well, you just gotta wonder... don't believe me? Check out Miami North H.S. - and be sure to check out how many of their graduates continue their education...

Toast homeless animals at WOB

 

Ales for Tails!

This Friday July 20th from 6 pm to 12 am, help support Brevard ASAP  & help build an isolation room for dogs and cats in the shelter. A precentage of our proceeds will help give dogs and cats a second chance at life. You ask, what do I need to do? Stop in, have a beer and we will do the rest.World of Beer in Viera!

Date night - bring kids to the zoo!

Parents, enjoy an evening out (okay, dinner and a glass of wine...) and let your kids choose a wild escapade at Brevard Zoo. Each night hike includes games, crafts, animal encounter, Zoo safari, and pizza for dinner.

Dates available: Saturday July 21 & 28.
Cost: $17 members, $22 non-members
Ages: 4 to 12
Time: 5 to 9 p.m.
Call 321-254-9453 X219!!

Summer Saturday Nights @ Zoo

Only two more Saturdays left of Summer Saturday Nights! Beat the summertime heat and relax each Saturday through July 28 when the Zoo extends hours of operation to 9 p.m. Admission is just $5 per person from 5 to 9 p.m. and last admission is 8 p.m. Zoo members get in FREE! This Saturday, enjoy live music from Highway 1 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and check out a special animal encounter in front of Paws On at 7 p.m. Treetop Trek is open in the evening, too!!

Ship-watching

Saturday and Sunday are prime times to watch the cruise ships sail in and out of the Port. For times and where to go, read this article.

50 Days of Summer at Kennedy Space Center

Come step inside the Vehicle Assembly Building and prepare to be blown away - no, not by the fans, but the sheer magnitude! For a limited time, two special tours are available at KSC: the Up-Close Tour, which takes you to previously-forbidden places (like the VAB, launch pad 39a...) and Then and Now, which also takes you to places not often seen (like launch pads 5/6 - where it all began 50 yrs ago, and 34 where the Apollo flights were launched). Hint: go early in the day before it heats up! More info here and here!!

Only 3 left!!

Only 3 more Summer Nights left!! After 5p.m., get in the zoo for only $5!! Feed the giraffes, kayak, listen to live music and just chill! Details here!!

Uphill battle

Sunday morning there were new turtle nests! And while it never ceases to amaze us how these heavy beasts drag themselves onshore to lay their eggs - these gals deserve extra points for scaling the 6+ ft sand dunes!!

The creeps

High above the water line and sand dunes of Hangars 2, this pile of coquina rock sticks out like a sore thumb. It looks like a grave but that has not been confirmed. And it probably won't be, at least by yours truly. It has been there for over a year and remains unchanged. Any guesses? It gives me the creeps...

Our dimes at work

This State Dept 747 (says United States of America and has a flag on tail) is a very frequent visitor to our area. It takes the same flight path every time and parks at Patrick in the same place every time. The engine sound is unique and unlike any other. The security around it, as it sits on the ground, is extensive. The engines don't shut down and it always seems ready to take off at a moment's notice. And it was parked at Patrick Sunday morning, although it might have been heard arriving Saturday night just after dark...

A West Point grad standing close by said he thinks this plane is the E-4B, one of a fleet of only four aircraft specifically designed to withstand an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) and that " has state-of-the-art direct fire countermeasures ". He told a group observing the plane that it was the original "doomsday plane" . It was (is) designed back in 1973 to conduct warfare in the event of a nuclear attack. With a huge crew, stateof-the-art communications system, and all the comforts of home while in flight for up to 35 hours without refueling - it is an amazing piece of machinery!

Summer nights at Brevard Zoo

Don't forget Brevard Zoo's Summer Saturday Nights when you can get in the zoo at 5pm for $5!! There is music and most of the attractions are open (Paws On isn't, tho). You can feed giraffes, kayak, and zip over everything on Treetop Trek (costs $$). A great way to spend a summer evening!! Details: HERE

Beach clean-up

Sea Turtle Preservation Society will have a beach clean-up Saturday morning from 8 - 10 a.m. Turtles coming ashore to lay eggs are cumbersome and have a tough job as it is - having to crawl over plastic bottles and junk just makes it more difficult for them. Baby hatchlings also need a clear path to get to the water. Come help their keep our adopted beach clean! Beach clean-ups are perfect family activities and also a great way to earn community service hours. Location: Coconut Park, Melbourne Beach.